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' Trunk Look. No; 235,130. Patented Dec. 7,1880.

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GEORGE CROUCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TRUNK-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,130, dated December 7, 1880.

Application filed March 1, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE CROUCH, of the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Trunk-Fastenin gs, of which the following is a specification.

Hasps have been made in which there is a circular lock at the swinging end of the hinged hasp-piece, and said'lock has been received into a cup. In this character of fastening there is difficulty in securing the cup to the trunk, and the hasp is liable to be caught and injured or torn off in the rough handling to which trunks are subjected.

I make the flange of the cup with a raised beveled edge, except at the place where the hasp lies flat against the flange of the cup, and I secure the cup to the trunk by a ring screwed around the outside of the cup and acting against the inner surface of the trunk to clamp the cup firmly to its place. The end of the hasp has square edges, and is adapted to pass within the raised beveled edges of the flange. By this construction the hasp prevents the cup being turned to unscrew the same from its clamping-ring, or to bring the opening in the cup around into such a position as to correspond with the locking-lugs, and therebyliberatc the lock. The raised beveled edge of the cupflange, coming at opposites sides of the hasp when closed, pre ents the cup being turned, and at the same time the beveled flange surrounds and protects the end of the hasp.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a section of the cup and side view of the hasp, and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the cup.

The hasp is made of the parts a and b, united by a hinge, c; and there is a bolt, d, that passes through the part a and through the trunk, and has a riveted nut, by which the hasp is firmly attached to the trunk. But a small amount of swinging movement of the hasp is allowed on this bolt, as the bottom and top parts of the trunk may slide laterally upon each other. The exposed edges of this hasp are beveled at an acute angle, as at 4., so that there are not any square angles against which articles can come in contact while the trunk is being handled. The end of the hasp that passes into the rim of the lock-case, hereinafter described, is circular and with square edges.

(ModeL) The swinging end of the hasp is provided with a cylindrical lock-case, f, and projecting locking-lugs g, that are turned by the key and held in place by the parts of the lock; but my invention does not relate thereto, as these parts have before been made.

The cup 75 is of a size to receive the lockcase f, and there is an elliptical opening in the back. through which the locking-lugs g pass, and they are turned crosswise, as indicated by dotted lines, when the lock is locked.

In order to overcome the difficulty of fastening this lock-cup, I make use of a ring, a, surrounding the cylindrical part of the cup. and pressed against the interior of the trunk by screw-threads or screw-thread sections upon the outer periphery of such lock-cup. I prefer and use the cylindrical flange 0 upon the ring a, the same being of a size to screw upon the outside of the cup and clamp the trunk at between the ring a and the flange Z of the cup 7t, and thereby securely fasten the cup to the trunk. Sections of screws in the form of inclines may take the place of the screwthreads, and after the parts have been brought firmly to place, to clamp the trunk between the ring a and flange l, the ring may be held by screws or tacks inserted in the holes 19. There is an inclined rim, r, around the edges of the flange l, within which rim the end of the hasp passes, and this inclined rim protects the clasp from concussion. This raised beveled rim 1' is omitted at the place where the hasp 1) lies flat upon the flange I, so that the inclined rim 0" at each edge of the hasp prevents the lock'cup being turned, as aforesaid.

I claim as my invention- The hasp a, I), having a rounded end with square edges, and a cylindrical lock, f, in combination with the cup is, having a flange, l, and inclined rim 1', surrounding the flange 1, except at the place where the hasp 1) lies against the flange l, and the ringa, screwed upon the outside of the lock-cup and within the trunk to clamp the lock-cup to its place, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 25th day of February, A. D. 1880.

GEO. CROUCH.

WVitnesses:

GEO. T. PINoKNEY, WILLIAM G. Motrr. 

